DRS-LA413

Operating Principle

DRS-LA413
Circuit Breaker Failure Relay
Operating Principle

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Table of Contents:
1

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

APPLICATION GUIDE

3.1

Example 1: Single phase initiation

6

3.2

Example 2: Three phase initiation

8

3.3

Example 3
9

3.4

Hints:
9

CONNECTION DIAGRAM OF THE DRSLIGHT LA4:

PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION

10

RELAY SETTINGS

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CAUTION
Installing, commissioning and operating of this product may be performed by thorough trained
and
specialised personnel *
only. We explicitly will not take any responsibility for any damage on our products caused by
improper installation, configuration and handling. Internal modifications must solely be carried out
by specialised personnel authorised by
ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH / Department PRT.

* Definition: Specialised personnel, when authorised and properly instructed, may perform
following tasks:
Installing, mounting, commissioning and operating of the apparatus and the system

when familiar with.

Maintenance and use of safety equipment according to standard rules and regulations.
First Aid after extensive training.

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1

General Description

The digital circuit breaker failure relay type DRS-LA413 is a member of the DRS-LIGHT
series of the DRS-family (numerical protective relays). Therefore the following
descriptions should be known in addition:
DRS-LIGHT, Operation Manual
DRS-LIGHT, Local Operation via Keypad and Display
DRS-WIN, Software Manual

The circuit breaker failure protection provides a backup protection in the case, that the
local circuit breaker fails to clear a system fault. So a retrip signal to the local circuit
breaker and/or a trip signal to a higher levelled circuit breaker is issued to terminate the
failure.
A single or a three pole breaker failure detection with different pick up signals and time
delays is provided. Additional features include an event recorder, a fault recorder with FFT
analysing tool and the possibility for the simulation of binary inputs for testing purposes.
The usage of digital signal processing, self monitoring and communication capabilities
increases the reliability and availability.
All included protection functions, that are available:

circuit breaker failure protection

definite time overcurrent
signal function, sf1
signal function, sf2
signal function, sf3
signal function, sf4

Functional Description

The breaker failure protection function evaluates, whether the local circuit breaker has
fully opened and cleared a fault in the event of an external trip signal. If this requirement is
not fulfilled (case of a circuit breaker failure), a current still flows through the breaker poles
and a backup trip signal will be issued to interrupt the fault current. In addition to the
current detector a mechanical signal can be used for supervision.
According to the logic diagram, the circuit breaker failure protection can be initiated in two
independent ways (per phase):

CBF Start 1
CBF Start 2

Both starters are able to be assigned to either an external or internal signal by a software
matrix. For example the integrated O/C function trip can be used as internal starter, an
external protective device serves for an external trip signal.

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Two conditions are established for the detection of a breaker failure:

Measurement, whether the current in one phase exceeds a set threshold value still after the
external trip signal (monitoring the current through the breaker poles).
Additionally there are protection functions which have no current criterion for a trip. So the
monitoring of the breaker poles current is not relevant. Such functions are: Buchholz
protection, oil pressure protection, temperature protection, overvoltage protection, and so on.
Therefore the position of the circuit breaker auxiliary contact is monitored (inputs CB ON in
the logic diagram). For this case the output of the circuit breaker auxiliary contact has to be
connected to a binary input of the relay.

Logic of Circuit Breaker Failure Protection (50BF)

Overview
other 2
phases

STAGE 3

>1

Firmware DRS-LIGHT V3.21

TRIP STAGE 3
Input supervision Alarm
CBF START 1

>1

CBF START 2

&
STAGE 1

CURRENT

I>

>1

>1

&

&

t
STAGE 2

>1

&

&

DWELL TIME 500ms

TRIP STAGE 1
Retrip / Intertrip

DWELL TIME 500ms

TRIP STAGE 2
Trip Zone

CB ON 1

&

CB ON 2

COMMENT:
YELLOW BACKGROUND: PER PHASE
CB ON 1, CB ON 2 FOR
MECHANICAL PROTECTION:
E.G.: ISOLATOR 1 ON, ISOLATOR 2 ON
OR CIRCUIT BREAKER AUXILIARY CONTACT

CB ON 3
TEST 1
TEST 2
BLOCK 1
BLOCK 2

figure 1: logic diagram of the circuit breaker failure protection function

As it can be seen in figure 1 the two criterions described above are combined with an OR logic.
So only one has to be fulfilled. In case of an initiation with one of the CBF Start Signals (AND
logic between CBF initiation and criterions for CBF detection), a trip impulse with a dwell time of
500 ms is issued (via an output contact) after an adjustable time delay. The dwell time ensures a
sufficient length for the trip impulse that the circuit breaker can fully open. Note: the value of the
dwell time is independent of the setting of the time delay.
Further two trip stages exists (stage 1 and stage 2), each adjustable with the mentioned time
delay. Both time delays will be started simultaneously in the event of a pick up. In example stage
1 can be used to send a retrip signal to the local circuit breaker or an intertrip signal to i.e. a line
protection relay.

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If the circuit breaker failure condition is still set after the execution of stage 1, the second
stage issues (after the time delay) a trip signal for example to a higher levelled circuit
breaker to clear the fault.
The circuit breaker failure start signals not only initiate the trip stages 1 and 2, but they
also start the supervision stage 3. After a settable time delay it clears the picked up stages
1 and 2 and issues the so-called "input supervision alarm" signal. Stage 3 prevents that
the circuit breaker failure protection function is always initiated by the start signals, for
example in case of external wiring or contact failure. Maltrips can be avoided.
The CBF function also includes a test input and a blocking input for each of the trip
stages. By setting the test input it is possible to check the correct execution of the
function. But figure 1 shows, that the CBF start signals also have to be set for this purpose
(AND logic). Depending on the setting of the blocking inputs it results in a blocking of
stage 1, stage 2 or both stages.

Application Guide

In the following typical applications for the circuit breaker failure relay are described. In
addition some figures show the necessary settings under operation software DRS-WIN.
3.1

Example 1: Single phase initiation

The circuit breaker failure relay caters for the application, that a single pole initiation
(phase separated initiation) of the function has to be provided. In this case the CBF start
signals are carried out for each phase from an external protection device, which is in
example an overcurrent relay and are connected to binary inputs of the CBF relay (binary
input 1 to input 3).

trip to the circuit breaker

ext. protection device

CBF relay

I1

I>

Trip I1

CBF Init I1

BI 1

BO 4 retrip

I2

I>

Trip I2

CBF Init I2

BI 2

BO 5 retrip

I3

I>

Trip I3

CBF Init I3

BI 3

BO 6 retrip

BI 4
BI 5
BI 6

BO 1 Alarm
BO 2 Alarm
BO 3 Alarm

Blocking Signal
CB aux. contact
Spare

AI1 AI2 AI3 current sensor

figure 2: block diagram of the phase separated initiation

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As mentioned above, in case of a circuit breaker failure a current still flows through the breaker
poles after sending a trip signal. This current level and the trip signal of one phase, which is the
CBF initiation signal, pick up the CBF relay and a backup trip signal will be issued after a chosen
time delay to interrupt the fault current. For security reasons it is recommended, that the fourth
binary input is used for a blocking signal. So it is possible to control the release of the function.
In addition a mechanical protection is applicable by monitoring the circuit breaker auxiliary
contact (binary input 5).
The necessary settings under DRS-WIN are shown in figure 3. It includes the "Protective function
inputs" window. For this example a function blocking via the binary input 4 is used. Considering
the mechanical protection, the signal of binary input 5 has to be set to the corresponding inputs
CB On (1 to 3; Refer to the logical AND connection of these 3 signals). The single pole initiation
signals (binary input 1 to 3) are used for the corresponding phases.

figure 3: Setting under DRS-WIN for CBF phase separated initiation

Further it can be seen, that the initiation input 2 (CBF Start 2) is not used. In addition an internal
CBF start can be achieved by using a virtual input, which will be set via an internal protection
function (i.e. overcurrent function). This virtual input is the second start signal (equal for all three
phases).
The allocation of the software trip outputs to the hardware device outputs is done via the "Trip
Matrix" under DRS-WIN. The DRS-LIGHT provides in total 10 outputs. As shown in figure 2,
binary outputs 4 to 6 are used for the retrip/intertrip signal (single pole). Further outputs 1 to 3 are
used to issue alarm signals. But they could also be used for a trip signal to other circuit breakers.
The software "Trip Matrix" is very flexible.

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Example 2: Three phase initiation

In HV-systems often only three pole circuit breakers are applicable and therefore a
common phase initiation of the CBF has to be provided. The relay also caters this case.
The principle of the CBF detection is the same as in example 1 or explained in the
functional description (current level detector or mechanical protection). Figure 4 shows a
sketch of the connection diagram (only an example). The relay is hard wired with the
circuit breaker. So the CBF initiation is carried out directly from the circuit breaker with
only one signal for all three phases (read in with binary input 1).
For security reasons it is also for this example recommended to control the release of the
CBF relay with a blocking signal (binary input 4). It helps to prevent maltrips. Binary input
2 could be used for the mechanical protection, e.g. Buchholz protection and transformer
winding temperature protection. According to the logical AND connection, it is possible to
combine the Buchholz protection with the circuit breaker auxiliary contact.

mechanical prot. (Buchholz plus CB

aux.)
CB

CBF init
blocking signal

BI1
C.T.

AI

BI2 BI3

BI4

(BI5 and BI6:Spare)

50BF

BO

backup trip
(10 outputs available)

figure 4: connection diagram of a CBF three pole initiation

The corresponding setting under DRS-WIN is shown in figure 5.

figure 5: Setting under DRS-WIN for CBF common phase initiation

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The three pole initiation signal (binary input 1) is used for all phases. CB On1 and CB On2 are
fed with the mechanical transformer protection signals (also CB On3 to consider the logical AND
connection). The signal of binary input 4 controls the release of the function.
3.3

Example 3

With reference to application example 2, it should be mentioned that it is also possible to work
with one CBF initiation signal for three phases and three separate inputs for the mechanical
protection. Compared with figure 5, binary input 4 has to be used for CB On3. Please note, that
the three input signals CB On 1,2,3 are logically AND connected (see fig.1).
3.4

Hints:

Using the LED Matrix under DRS-WIN, it is possible to connect the output of Stage 3 (input
supervision alarm) with a LED. This causes an indication of the supervision alarm.
Using the Trip Matrix under DRS-WIN, the trips of the CBF function of each phase not only can
be combined with an output contact, but also with a virtual output. This provides an easier
allocation in the event and fault recording.

Connection Diagram of the DRS-LIGHT LA4:

A typical connection diagram of the DRS-LIGHT, hardware type DRS-LA4XX is shown in figure 6.

figure 6: connection diagram of the DRS-LA4XX

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Performance Specification

Technical Data
Auxiliary supply
Analogue Inputs
Nominal frequencies
Trip/LED Matrix
Interface
Binary inputs
Binary outputs
local operation

Setting Level
Setting range
Operate accuracy
Reset accuracy
Repeatability

Setting Delay
Setting range
Delay accuracy
Reset time
Repeatability

Current Inputs
Current Level
4xIN
10xIN
100xIN
250xIN

240, 220, 110, 60, 24 VDC

approx. 10 W
4 CTs; 1A or 5A
50; 60; 16.7 Hz
integrated software matrix
RS485
optional IEC 60870-5-103
6 free programmable
10 trip-/alarm relays,
1 internal fault, 8 LEDs
6 keys, 2x16 digit LCD

0.10 to 5.00 A
in steps 0.05 A
5.0% or 20mA
=85% of operate value
3%

0.01 to 1.00 s
in steps 0.01 s
1.0% or 2 ms
=15 ms
1%

Time
continuous
30s
1s
1 half cycle

Burden <0.1 VA at IN
Binary Inputs
Input voltages VH
current consumption
operation value
Binary Outputs
Contact voltage
Trip contact
mechanical live
duration

220, 110, 60, 24 VDC

2.5 3 mA
approx. 0.7 x VH
max. 250 VDC
continuous current 8A
5x107 switching cycles

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Tests
Type tests
Interference emission
1MHz burst test
ESD test
Radiated
Electromagnetic Field
El. Fast Transiente
Burst
Surge test
Vibration test
Conducted
Interference
Power frequency
magnetic fields
Insulation test

Case data
Protection type
Mounting

Dimensions in mm
Weight

EN 50263
IEC 60255 part 25
IEC 60255 part 22-1, Class 3
IEC 60255 part 22-2, Class 4
IEC 60255 part 22-3
IEC 60255 part 22-4, Class 4
IEC 61000-4-5; Class 3
IEC 60255 part 21-1,-2
IEC 61000-4-6
IEC 61000-4-8; Class 4
IEC 60255-5; 5kV

IP51
Panel flush or projection
mounting,
19, 6U height / 21U width
H x W x D: 243 x 96 x 208
Approx. 3 4 kg

Relay Settings

Selection (OK key from main menu)

These settings allow each function provided in the relay to be enabled or disabled

Range (default)

Setting
Overcur. 3-ph.2-st.

Active, Not active

3-phase overcurrent 2 definite-time stages

CBF
circuit breaker fail

Signal Function 1
timer function

Signal Function 1
timer function

Signal Function 1
timer function

Signal Function 1
timer function

Overcur. 3-ph.2-st.

Setting
Operate Value St.1

Range (default)
0.30, 0.351.205.00 A

3-phase overcurrent stage 1 current operate

level

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0.00, 0.053.0010.00 s

Time Delay St.1

3-phase overcurrent stage 1 definite-time
delay

0.30, 0.355.0030.00 A

Operate Value St.2

3-phase overcurrent stage 2 current operate
level

0.00, 0.051.0010.00 s

Time Delay St.2

3-phase overcurrent stage 2 definite-time
delay

CBF
Setting

Range (default)

I> CBF

0.10, 0.150.305.00 A

Circuit breaker fail current setting

t> CBF Trip Feeder

0.01, 0.020.201.00 s

Circuit breaker fail retrip (feeder) (stage 1)

time setting

t> CBF Trip Zone

0.01, 0.020.501.00 s

Circuit breaker fail (backtrip) (zone) (stage 2)

time setting

CBF Start Superv.

1, 25180 s

Circuit breaker fail alarm time (stage 3)

setting

Signal Function 1

Range (default)

Setting
Time Delay

0.00, 0.0510.00 s

The delay before an output occurs

Rising, Trailing

Active Edge
Set Rising to start the timer on a low-high
transition; set Trailing to start the timer on a
high-low transition

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